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 OSS 117: Cairo, Nest of Spies
1955. Jean Dujardin alias French Agent 117 aka Hubert Bonisseur de la Bath is the star in “OSS 117: Cairo, Nest of Spies, as a homage to 007, Inspector Clouseau and even Maxwell Smart along with dash of Austin Powers, you have a very funny, ridiculously wacky movie. Based on the 1949 novels by Jean Bruce, the movie brings to life the debonair yet quirky character of OSS 117. We begin with two OSS agents both 117 and his comrade Jack Jefferson (Philippe Lefebvre) on a airborne mission for ....
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 THE BAND'S VISIT, DVD Release Review
The Band’s Visit is by no means a story of epic proportions. It tells the story of a group of Egyptian musical men stranded for one night in a comically dull Israeli town. These men, bound by their love of music, form the Egyptian police’s Alexandria Ceremonial Orchestra, an enterprise whose weighty title far outshines their actual, minimal importance. Their leader, Tawfiq’s (Sasson Gabai) conduct is as crisp and proper as the starched lines of his immaculate robin’s ....
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 PERSEPOLIS, A hard-hitting coming of age tale of an individual and a nation
A child’s perspective is at once naïve and pointedly insightful. Their gaze often pierces the layers of pretense that surround matters of politics and religion. Stripping away these outer coverings exposes the core of these issues in a way that renders them both vulnerable and unforgivable. Marjane’s Satrapi’s autobiographical Persepolis is the epitome of this process. Part personal, part national history, the film explores Marjane’s (voiced by Chiara Mastroianni) ....
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 Beauty in Trouble
Beauty in Trouble is the award winning film by Czech director Jan Hrebejk. The film surprised audiences at festivals around the world with its impressive cinematography, top notch performances, and subtle yet powerful messages on love, loyalty, family, guilt and redemption. The film mixes cinema genres as comedic and dramatic situations help tell the story of a woman who is torn between her personal desires and what is in the best interest of her and her family. The film follows Marcela ....
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 DOG IN A SIDECAR - New York Asian Film Festival
Yoko Takeuchi (The Ring), stars in Director Kichitaro Negishi's new film, "Dog in a Sidecar", based on the award winning novel by Yu Nagashima. The story centers around a blossoming friendship between an innocent little girl and her father’s rough around the edges mistress. Kana Matsumoto plays the little girl, Kaoru Kondo whose mother (Sawa Suzuki) gets fed up and leaves both her and her younger brother Taro (Takeru Taniyama) to fend for themselves until…Yoko arrives. ....
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